Lavender mist

I understand smell is the only unmediated sense we have. It goes directly to the brain. This morning I woke up with lavender and thoughts of my daughter in Scotland. Maybe I should be smelling heather, but I do not know if heather has a smell. Instead I smell lavender and go to find the lavender spray.

I lie in bed,

My eyes shut,

The covers pulled tight.

I smell lavender

Even though

There is no logical place

The smell comes from.

I remember my daughter

Now in Scotland.

She sprays lavender mist

When she is here.

I smell lavender.

I go in search

Of the bottle of lavender spray

So I can continue

Remembering.